2014–15 OGC Nice season

Nice
2014–15 season
Chairman	Jean-Pierre Rivère
Manager	Claude Puel
Stadium	Allianz Riviera
Ligue 1	11th
Coupe de France	Round of 64 (vs. Valenciennes FC)
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32 (vs. FC Metz)
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos Eduardo (7); All: Carlos Eduardo (7)
Highest home attendance	25,407 vs Marseille, 24 January 2015
Lowest home attendance	9,560 vs FC Metz, 29 October 2014
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 OGC Nice season was the 110th professional season of the club since its creation in 1904.

Players

First team squad

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Mouez Hassen
3	MF	BRA	Carlos Eduardo
5	DF	FRA	Kévin Gomis
6	MF	FRA	Didier Digard (captain)
7	MF	BEL	Julien Vercauteren
8	MF	MLI	Mahamane Traoré
9	FW	FRA	Xavier Pentecôte
10	MF	FRA	Valentin Eysseric
11	MF	FRA	Éric Bauthéac
13	MF	SWE	Niklas Hult
14	MF	FRA	Alassane Pléa
15	DF	FRA	Grégoire Puel
16	GK	FRA	Simon Pouplin
18	FW	FRA	Neal Maupay


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	FRA	Jordan Amavi
20	DF	SEN	Souleymane Diawara
21	DF	GAB	Lloyd Palun
22	MF	FRA	Nampalys Mendy
23	FW	FRA	Alexy Bosetti
24	MF	FRA	Mathieu Bodmer
25	DF	HAI	Romain Genevois
27	FW	FRA	Bryan Constant
28	MF	FRA	Fabien Dao Castellana
30	GK	FRA	Joris Delle
31	DF	SEN	Moussa M'Bow
33	MF	FRA	Albert Rafetraniaina
34	FW	FRA	Sada Thioub
40	GK	FRA	Yoan Cardinale

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Lucas Rougeaux (on loan to Fréjus Saint-Raphaël)
—	MF	FRA	Jérémy Pied (on loan to EA Guingamp)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRA	Jordan Astier (on loan to Fréjus Saint-Raphaël)
—	FW	FRA	Alexandre Mendy (on loan to Nîmes Olympique)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee
1 July 2014	MF	Niklas Hult	24	Elfsborg	€950,000
1 July 2014	MF	Julien Vercauteren	21	Lierse S.K.	Undisclosed
5 August 2014	DF	Souleymane Diawara	35	Marseille	Free Transfer
7 August 2014	GK	Simon Pouplin	29	Sochaux	Free Transfer
28 August 2014	MF	Alassane Pléa	21	Lyon	€600,000
15 January 2015	MF	Hatem Ben Arfa	27	Newcastle United	Free Transfer

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Loan expires	Fee	Notes
1 September 2014	MF	Carlos Eduardo	24	F.C. Porto	30 June 2015

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee
1 July 2014	FW	Abraham Gneki Guié	27	Apollon Limassol	€475,000
1 July 2014	GK	Lucas Veronese	23	Amiens	Free Transfer
1 July 2014	DF	Nemanja Pejčinović	26	Lokomotiv Moscow	Free Transfer
22 July 2014	MF	Fabrice Abriel	35	Valenciennes	Free Transfer
27 July 2014	GK	David Ospina	25	Arsenal	Undisclosed
29 August 2014	DF	Timothée Kolodziejczak	22	Sevilla	€3,500,000
2 September 2014	DF	Luigi Bruins	27	Unattached	Released
5 January 2015	FW	Darío Cvitanich	30	Pachuca	Undisclosed
3 February 2015	MF	Hatem Ben Arfa	27	Unattached	Released

Last updated: 19 February 2015.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Rennes	38	13	11	14	35	42	−7	50
10	Guingamp	38	15	4	19	41	55	−14	49
11	Nice	38	13	9	16	44	53	−9	48
12	Bastia	38	12	11	15	37	46	−9	47
13	Caen	38	12	10	16	54	55	−1	46

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	13	9	16	44	53	−9	48	6	6	6	21	23	−2	7	3	10	23	30	−7

Last updated: 5 June 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W
Position	4	4	9	16	11	17	12	8	11	12	7	10	12	12	12	15	11	12	12	12	10	8	8	8	9	9	13	15	16	12	13	10	11	12	13	15	12	11

Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

9 August 2014 1	Nice	3–2	Toulouse	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cvitanich 23', 62' Bosetti 68'	Report	Braithwaite 44' Ben Yedder 45' Regattin 58'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,729 Referee: Frank Schneider

16 August 2014 2	Lorient	0–0	Nice	Lorient
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ayew 22'	Report	Honorat 35' Hassen 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 13,735 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

23 August 2014 3	Nice	1–3	Bordeaux	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bosetti 11' Amavi 31' Diawara 90+1'	Report	Contento 31' Diabaté 33' (pen.), 37' 82' Rolán 34' Maurice-Belay 47' Pallois 54' Sertić 55' Mariano 87'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,712 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

29 August 2013 4	Marseille	4–0	Nice	Marseille
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Payet 19', 48' Thauvin 45' Ayew 78' Barrada 88'	Report	Amavi 31' Diawara 45'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 39,497 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

13 September 2014 5	Nice	1–0	Metz	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hult 83' Bosetti 90+4'	Report	Lejeune 17' Maïga 70'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,019 Referee: Tony Chapron

20 September 2014 6	Nantes	2–1	Nice	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amavi 9' (o.g.) Shechter 43'	Report	Bodmer 24' Amavi 70'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 23,240 Referee: Clément Turpin

24 September 2014 7	Nice	1–0	Lille	Nice
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bodmer 41' Bauthéac 67'	Report	Kjær 72'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,541 Referee: Benoît Millot

27 September 2014 8	Monaco	0–1	Nice	Monaco
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berbatov 19' Dirar 73'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 7' Hult 29' Bauthéac 49' Bosetti 85' Eysseric 86'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,941 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

4 October 2014 9	Nice	1–1	Montpellier	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bodmer 75' Palun 90+2'	Report	Tiéné 54' Hilton 67', 72' Montaño 90'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,634 Referee: Wilfried Bien

18 October 2014 10	Nice	0–1	Bastia	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amavi 38' Bosetti 57' Digard 71'	Report	Diakité 41' Ayité 51' Boudebouz 57' Rodríguez 90+5'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,919 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

26 October 2014 11	Guingamp	2–7	Nice	Guingamp
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Beauvue 8' Schwartz 70'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 12', 26', 43', 50', 64' Palun 16' Pléa 45+1' Bauthéac 72'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 14,664 Referee: Clément Turpin

1 November 2014 12	Nice	1–3	Lyon	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mendy 29' Palun 40' Bauthéac 44' Puel 51'	Report	Jallet 55' Malbranque 64' Fekir 78' Lacazette 80', 90+4'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,677 Referee: Amaury Delerue

8 November 2014 13	Evian	1–0	Nice	Annecy
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Angoula 70' Wass 76'	Report	Amavi 34' Mendy 75' Pléa 89'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 7,738 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

22 November 2014 14	Nice	0–0	Reims	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vercauteren 80' Rafetraniaina 86'	Report	Oniangue 23' Tacalfred 28'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,207 Referee: Philippe Kalt

29 November 2014 15	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Nice	Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibrahimović 15' (pen.) Motta 78'	Report	Pléa 45+1' Palun 81'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,542 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

3 December 2014 16	Nice	1–2	Rennes	Nice
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rafetraniaina 27' Gomis 56' Cvitanich 83'	Report	Ntep 12' Konradsen 49' Brüls 87'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,033 Referee: Alexandre Castro

6 December 2014 17	Caen	2–3	Nice	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lemar 36' Duhamel 39' (pen.) Nangis 45'	Report	Amavi 32' Bauthéac 64' (pen.) Pléa 74' Mendy 88'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 13,487 Referee: Clément Turpin

14 December 2014 18	Nice	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Nice
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carlos Eduardo 38' Bauthéac 75'	Report	Diomande 29' 37' Hamouma 34'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,493 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

19 December 2014 19	Lens	2–0	Nice	Amiens
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sylla 26' Cyprien 38' Lemoigne 72' Valdivia 73' Coulibaly 86'	Report	Eysseric 18' Puel 39'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 8,705 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

10 January 2015 20	Nice	3–1	Lorient	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bodmer 5' Bauthéac 30' (pen.) Bosetti 60' Carlos Eduardo 67'	Report	Jeannot 6' Mesloub 62'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,141 Referee: Wilfried Bien

16 January 2015 21	Bordeaux	1–2	Nice	Bordeaux
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sertic 26' Rolán 33' (pen.) Contento 37'	Report	Genevois 27' Hassen 32' Puel 37' Amavi 48', 66' Pléa 65', 90'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 13,953 Referee: Benoît Millot

24 January 2015 22	Nice	2–1	Marseille	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Genevois 47' Gomis 51' 53' Pléa 53' Hult 73' Mendy 87' Bauthéac 89'	Report	Aloé 36' Imbula 59' Dja Djédjé 64' Thauvin 77'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 25,407 Referee: Antony Gautier

31 January 2015 23	Metz	0–0	Nice	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sarr 12' N'Daw 28'	Report	Puel 19' Maupay 73'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,115 Referee: Mikael Lesage

8 February 2015 24	Nice	0–0	Nantes	Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bauthéac 17' Palun 21'	Report	Vizcarrondo 45' Alhadhur 72'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,062 Referee: Tony Chapron

14 February 2015 25	Lille	0–0	Nice	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lopes 35' Sidibé 42' Balmont 44' Mavuba 45+1'	Report	Genevois 42' Pléa 69' Bauthéac 70'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 35,053 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

20 February 2015 26	Nice	0–1	Monaco	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mendy 26' Gomis 57' Diawara 77' Koziello 87' Eysseric 87'	Report	Abdennour 45+3' Silva 85'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 24,130 Referee: Benoît Bastien

1 March 2015 27	Montpellier	2–1	Nice	Montpellier
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deplagne 35' Dabo 45' Barrios 66' Jourdren 86' Marveaux 89'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 15' Rafetraniaina 18' Bauthéac 36' (pen.) Hult 39' Eysseric 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,083 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

7 March 2015 28	Bastia	2–1	Nice	Bastia
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sio 3', 68' Diakité 8' Gillet 26' Cahuzac 52'	Report	Diawara 14', 83' Carlos Eduardo 17' Hult 27' Puel 44' Amavi 77'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 13,777 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

13 March 2015 29	Nice	1–2	Guingamp	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carlos Eduardo 13' Bauthéac 43', 57'	Report	Mandanne 49', 61', 67' Mathis 55'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Benoît Millot

21 March 2015 30	Lyon	1–2	Nice	Lyon
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fekir 30' Koné 53' Gonalons 56', 59' N'Jie 62'	Report	Palun 5' 54' Carlos Eduardo 23' Pléa 79' Koziello 83' Eysseric 86'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,300 Referee: Antony Gautier

4 April 2015 31	Nice	2–2	Evian	Nice
CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pouplin 9' Gomis 16' Bosetti 45+1', 75' Eysseric 68' Amavi 87' Bauthéac 90+3'	Report	Nounkeu 18' Nielsen 30' Tejeda 56' Gomis 78' (o.g.) Abdallah 87' Sougou 90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,581 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

12 April 2015 32	Reims	0–1	Nice	Reims
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mandi 31' Diego 75' Kyei 77'	Report	Benrahma 4' Bauthéac 29' Genevois 36' Amavi 51'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 14,905 Referee: Mikael Lesage

18 April 2015 33	Nice	1–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bodmer 45+1' Amavi 75'	Report	Pastore 32', 39', 63' Cavani 69' (pen.) Sirigu 76'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 25,145 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

25 April 2015 34	Rennes	2–1	Nice	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	André 32' Prcić 47' Konradsen 90'	Report	Bauthéac 22' Eysseric 90+2' Pléa 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 20,675 Referee: Tony Chapron

2 May 2015 35	Nice	1–1	Caen	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Carlos Eduardo 41' Amavi 82' Honorat 88'	Report	Benezet 15' Appiah 90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,009 Referee: Philippe Kalt

10 May 2015 36	Saint-Étienne	5–0	Nice	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Clément 9', 40' Bayal Sall 11' Perrin 25' Erdinç 62' Gradel 84' Monnet-Paquet 88'	Report	Bauthéac 12' Amavi 39'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 32,770 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

16 May 2015 37	Nice	2–1	Lens	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amavi 29' Bodmer 45' Digard 77'	Report	Touzghar 14' Cyprien 16'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,185 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

23 May 2015 38	Toulouse	2–3	Nice	Toulouse
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Akpa Akpro 35' Ben Yedder 79' Trejo 81' Bodiger 84'	Report	Maupay 8', 23' Koziello 16' Bauthéac 34', 53' Palun 76' Bodmer 83'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 19,830 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Coupe de la Ligue

29 October 2014 Round of 32	Nice	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Metz	Nice
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maupay 20' Palun 32' Bosetti 37' Cvitanich 88' (pen.)	Report	Palomino 5' Ngbakoto 13' Vion 17' Kashi 42' Marchal 45+1' Doukouré 82' Rocchi 113'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 9,560 Referee: Ruddy Buquet
	Penalties
	Bodmer Cvitanich Pléa Eysseric Bosetti		Malouda Doukouré Marchal Palomino

Coupe de France

3 January 2015 Round of 64	Valenciennes	2–0	Nice	Valenciennes
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Coulibaly 11' Poepon 14'	Report	Bodmer 38'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 5,252 Referee: Benoît Bastien^[1]

References

^ "Valenciennes vs. Nice". Soccerway.

[1] "Valenciennes vs. Nice". Soccerway.

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